Real estate cycles will be shorter in the future thanks to unprecedented cross-border capital flows, according to Prudential Real Estate Investors’ CEO Eric Adler.

Commercial real estate in 2025 will be an asset class transformed by technological, political and economic changes. However, global capital flows could have the greatest impact of all, according to a U.K.-based real estate academic.

Operating partner Barend de Loor, of Eris Property Group, talks about the greatest opportunities for investment in Sub-Saharan Africa and the realities of operating on the continent.

Capital from little-known Middle Eastern institutions and family offices will increase dramatically as investors look for returns and diversification outside the region. Value-added and opportunistic strategies in the U.S. and co-investment will be favored.

Meyer Bergman’s Markus Meijer tells PrivcapRE about the risks and opportunities he sees in the European retail sector, amid the ongoing fallout from the financial crisis.

Institutional investors will make ‘a lot of money’ on Brazil real estate in 2015 and 2016, according to GTIS Partners’ Tom Shapiro whose firm is eyeing equity investments of $100M to $500M apiece.

Jaguar Growth Partners is building a $2B deal pipeline and plans to open Brazil and Asia offices in the next two years. Gary Garrabrant discusses starting the firm, lessons learned and where he sees the greatest opportunities.

MB Real Estate and Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors plan to invest $100M of equity a year into medical office, a sector where 90 percent of transactions are off-market.

Distressed developers are the best Brazilian real estate investment opportunity today, says Ken Wainer of VBI Real Estate.

Capital market movements and geopolitical unrest are two big risks facing real estate investors today, says Rockwood’s Walter Schmidt.

GID International’s Kenneth Munkacy offers his tips on sourcing and structuring JV partnerships, and the common mistakes to avoid.

Family office GID International quantifies the risk premium it requires to invest in Brazil and India: up to 1,000bp over US development yields, says Ken Munkacy.

An executive at PE firm WL Ross lays out the magnitude of the increase in shale drilling productivity and how its impact extends to real estate

The only way to play a recovering real estate market is “slowly, carefully, one asset at a time,” according to BlackRock global head of real estate Jack Chandler.

An executive summary of the PrivcapRE thought-leadership series “Understanding Real Estate Exit Strategies”

“You might need to time your entry, but I think today we, we find Mexico a very interesting country to invest in.”

Tristan Capital’s Ric Lewis warns capital flows are running ahead of fundamentals in parts of Europe, but the region still represents best opportunity of ‘any asset class globally’.

US investors to significantly grow foreign RE portfolios, but it’s about longer hold periods – and vehicles to match – as they seek income, as well as total, returns.